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This section includes InterviewSolutions, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
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(i) “Beneath all uniforms…” What uniforms do you think the poet is speaking about? (ii) How does the poet suggest that all people on earth are the same? |
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Answer» (i) The poet is probably speaking about the uniforms that the soldiers wear at the time war. The work “uniform” here could also mean the traditioanl dresses of a country (ii) The poet suggests that all people on earth are the same as they breathe, buried, wake, sleep, hate, love and labour. The importance of the sun and air and water is equal for everyone. Everyone needs peace and suffers from starvation during wars. |
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“…whenever we are told to hate our brothers…” When do you think this happens? Why? Who ‘tells’ us? Should we do as we are told at such times? What does the poet say? |
| Answer» Whenever there is war, leaders tell people to hate the other country. They tell us to do so because of their personal gains. But we should not act as a puppet in their hands and do as they say. We should understand that war is futile and analyses the situation before jumping to conclusions.. The poet says that if we fight against them, we kill and condemn ourselves. | |
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In stanza 1, find five ways in which we all are alike. Pick out the words. |
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Answer» Words which suggest the five ways in which we all are like are: Each of us has a similar body All of us breathe All of us walk All of us lie We live and die on the same earth |
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